Composed and produced by yours truly for Legoland California's 2005 Summer Fireworks Spectacular, "A Spark In The Knight", it relies heavily on EW/QL's Symphonic Gold, my Chapman Stick, Greg Sandoval's Drums (recorded in Kim Foscato's attic), and Ruff Yeager's Narration. Thanks to Laura Lee Juliano for the gig.

A Spark In The Knight

Another spare-time use of Steve LeGrand's M1 as his intern at ACT in 1990.  I didn't set out to, but by the time it took shape it felt like it should be a tragic ballet, Beauty-loses-Beast story, which of course links it in my mind to the Muppets with Leslie Ann Warren...

A retro listen into attempting making orchestral music on MIDI tools.  I'm sure the harp track is completely unplayable on an actual harp.  I think I'm most pleased with how just when the ostinato has driven you mad, it changes into an arpeggiated chord progression (edited completely in the sequencer from said ostinato: don't ask me to play it!).  Also happy with the tempos.

I can't really deny the Danny Elfman influence.  Sorry, not sorry ;)

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Edgerunner

Starfarer trailer for Star Citizen composed by Pedro M. Camacho

Star Citizen - First Light (feat. Julie Elven)

Collection 1

Floating

Recorded Live in Aachen, Germany
(Kate Bush)

Cloudbusting (Aachen, Kate Bush)

Drums: Mike Hansen (Steve Vai/Dave Navarro, Ice Cube)
Bass: Douglas Polhamius
Vox: Ike Willis (Zappa)
Sax: Albert Wing(Zappa)
Guitars: JP Cervoni (Buddy Miles), Jude Gold, Ira Black (Metal Church), Michael Kang

http://digital-nations.com/artists/jpcervoni/

JP Cervoni : Jassmean

Tom Waits (on Jim Wilson): "Wilson, he's always playing with time. I heard a recording recently of crickets slowed way down. It sounds like a choir, it sounds like angel music. Something sparkling, celestial with full harmony and bass parts - you wouldn't believe it. It's like a sweeping chorus of heaven, and it's just slowed down, they didn't manipulate the tape at all. So I think when Wilson slows people down, it gives you a chance to watch them moving through space. And there's something to be said for slowing down the world."

Source: "Woyzeck to run at Freud Playhouse". Daily Bruin (USA), by Andrew Lee. December 3, 2002

Find more on the recording on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815586

Tom Waits on Tom waits talking about this recording - http://gloriousnoise.com/2008/tom_waits_interviews_tom_waits

More on the recording - http://hearingvoices.com/transcript.php?fID=142

You can buy original recording here - http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Chorus-Crickets-Jim-Wilson/dp/1932192077?tag=viglink124132-20

Original recording from the author - http://www.constancedemby.com/godscricketchorus_f.html

And more: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/10/13/weekend-diversion-is-this-an-amazing-chorus-of-slowed-down-crickets/

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Jeff Mockus